ID: 700009254 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009254	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Behind the Gare St. Lazare (black-and-white photograph; Henri Cartier-Bresson (French photographer, 1908-2004); taken: 1932; printed: 1950; Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York state, United ...; 249.2005)

Note: Cartier-Bresson’s image of a man leaping across the water behind Paris’ Saint-Lazare train station, is typical of what is known as his stylistic signature: the “Decisive Moment,” his lyrical term for the ability to immortalize a fleeting scene on film.

Titles:

Behind the Gare St. Lazare (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Derrière la Gare Saint-Lazare (C,U,French,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

black-and-white photograph [300128347] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, <photographs by form: color>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: taken: 1932; printed: 1950

Creator Display:

Henri Cartier-Bresson (French photographer, 1908-2004) [preferred]

photographer Cartier-Bresson, Henri (French photographer and draftsman, 1908-2004) [500115484]

Locations:

Current: Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500303609] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 249.2005

Credit Line: Gift of the photographer, by exchange

Display Materials: gelatin silver print

	gelatin silver process [300139114]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

	gelatin silver prints [300128695]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

	black-and-white photographs [300128347]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, <photographs by form: color>)

Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches (35.2 x 24.1 cm)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

genre

Specific Subjects:

	man (male human) [300025928]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

	jumping [300417330]
	.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <personal and passive activities>) (AAT)

	Gare Saint-Lazare [700009444]
	.....(Gare Saint-Lazare [700009444], Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works [700009566], Built Works [700000001]) (CONA)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Behind the Gare St. Lazare	........ [VP]
	........ Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-) accessed 29 March 2017
	........ Van Gelder and Westgeest, Photography Theory in Historical Perspective (2011) 88
	........ Ward, Augenblick (2016) 139
Derrière la Gare Saint-Lazare	........ [VP]
	........ Cartier-Bresson, Paris sous l'objectif (1998) 38
	........ Chardin, Paris et la photographie (2003) 126
	........ Guerin, Henri Cartier-Bresson et le monde (2008) 359

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Van Gelder and Westgeest, Photography Theory in Historical Perspective (2011) 88

....................... Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) [online] (2010-) accessed 29 March 2017

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... TIME 100 Photographs (2015-)